Parents Guide to Standards Based Grading

Standards describe what a student should know and be able to do at each grade level in all subjects, and the reportcard gives parents more detailed information about how their children are progressing. The purpose of a standardsbased report card is for a teacher to accurately communicate a student’s progress towards meeting contentstandards at specific points in the school year.

The report card indicates to parents specifics about how their children are progressing toward mastering grade levelcontent. Parents will know whether or not their child is:

Not Mastering Grade Level Standard — the child has not yet mastered the standard.

Blank—not yet assessed; however, all grade level standards will be assessed by the end of the school year.

Teachers, students and parents can clearly understand which standards have been mastered and which need moreand practice to effectively master. Skills in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, and Social Studiesthat are marked progressing indicate a student is working on the skill but has not yet completely mastered it. Whilestudents learn at different rates, all standards should be mastered by the end of the school year.The report card also provides information concerning student work habits, conduct, and attendance.

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